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June 14, 1927- M, H "STRYKE GARMENT Filed Nov. 12. 1926 Patented June 14, 1927.

UNITED STATES MARK H. STRYEE, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GARMENT.

Application led November 12, 1926. Serial No. 147,905.

The present invention relates to garments such as womens dresses, having shoulder portions, and particularly to new andimproved means attached to the inside of the shoulders'of such garments for the purpose of retaining the shoulder straps' of undergarments in proper relation to the shoulders of the wearer.

Heretofore, devices for this purpose have generally consisted of a piece of ribbon havmg near its ends the cooperating partsof snap fasteners, the cooperating faces of which are on the same side of the ribbon. Substantially one-half of 'said ribbon is sewed to the inside of the garment shoulder, leaving the free half ofthe ribbon tofbe passed under the shoulderstraps of undergarmentswhereupon the part of the snap fastener thereon may then be lbrought `into engagement with the art of the fastener carried by the half o the ribbon that is sewedto the garment. The snap fasteners used in such devices are the stud and the socket portion of the fastener have a metal back which is exposed and projectsfrom the side of the ribbon opposite to the side upon which'the stud and socket are locatedflWith such devices, therefore, the metaloutside of one of the parts of the' fastener engages the skin of the shoulder of the wearer, so that the skin is often chafed or marred, with resulting discomfort to the wearer, particularly when the fastener is subjected to downward pressure by a heavy dress or a' coat worn over the dress.A Furthermore, when `snap, fasteners are so arranged they are difficult to open, and in facthold the shoulder straps of undergarments so'securely to the inside of the shoulder of a dress, that, if the wearer i thoughtlessly attempts to remove her dress without first separating such fasteners, the holding effect may be so great as to tear the shoulder ofthe dress.

shoulder straps of undergarments narily7 quite small, and thereis no need for providing an means which will strongly resist the or inary operation of lifting a dress to' remove it fromthe wearers shoulders. The arrangement of the Akind just mentioned does, however, hold the shoulder straps of undergarments in such a way that the pull of these straps when a dress is removed is not suioient ordinarily to open of metal, and both of the undergarment ribbonsy As a matter of fact, the lateral pull .tape 14 carrying near parts 15 and 16 of a snap fastener, which are the snap fastener; and the opening must be done by the fingers of the wearer before she begins to remove her dress.

One of the advantages of the present invention resides in the fact that the metal back of that part of the snap fastener which is carried by the free end of the ribbon does not come into contact with the skin of the shoulder of the wearer when the device is serving its function of retaining the shoulder straps of undergarments in proper relafVv tion to the shoulder portion of a dress. Any

.ch-ating or marring of the skin is lthus avoided. v Another advantage of the invention resides in the yfact that the co parts of the snap fastener are readi rated merely by a slight pull with the on the shou d y sepafingers er straps of the undergarments,

or by the pull exerted by the dress when the shoulder of the dress is lifted prior to or during its removal, Separation of the portions of the snapfastener is thus lfacilitated, and any possible tearing of the dress is avoided.

The invention will be understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 `is a. plan view of the inside of the shoulder of a dress having the inven-y tion embodied therein; and Figure 2 is a perspective view of the inside of the shoulderthe dress, showing how the inventionof serves to retain the shoulder straps of undergarments in proper relation to the shoulder of the wearer under the shoulder portion of the dress. Y

Referring to the drawing, the shoulder portion of a dress is indicated at 3, the neck binding of said and the sleeve at 5, the seam between the shoulder and the top of the sleeve being shown at 6.- In Figure 2, undergarments 8 and 9 `are indicated as provided with shoulder straps 11 and 12 which are to be retained 1n proper relation tothe shoulders of the wearer under the shoulder portion 3 of the dress.

As clearly shown in the drawing, the

means for retaining the shoulder straps 11` and 12 in proper relation to the shoulder portion 3 of the dress, comprises a ribbon or its opposite ends the so att-ached to said ribbon that the cooperating faces of the parts of the fastener erating;

dress being indicated at 4,'

are on opposite faces of said ribbon when known type in which the cooperating'parts fabric by a stamping are attached to the fabric by sewing, fer to use the Well known type of snap Vfastener characterized by the fact that the stud andsocket parts thereof are attached to a operation. With this type of snap fastener, the ends of the ribbon are folded over a short distance to gire inishedends to the ribbon, and the layers of the fabric are pierced during the attaching of the stud and socket portions of the fastener both of which have metal parts which are exposed on both sides of the fabric.

This is the type of snap fastener illustrated in the'draw.ing.

As best shown in Figure 1, the ribbon 14 carrying the two parts ofthe snap fastener is secured near one end, as indicated by the stitching 18, to the inside of the shoulder 3 of the dress. In the drawing, the shoulder seam of the dress is shown as covered by a binding 19, and the ribbon 14 is sewed to this; but it will be understood that the ribbon 14 may be secured to the inside of the shoulder of a dress ata spot where there is' no seam.

When the ribbon 14 is so attached to the shoulder of a dress, the free ends of the ribbon carrying the part 16 of the snap fastener can be looped under the shoulder straps 11 and' 12 of undergarments 8 and 9 as shown in Figure 2; and the end of the ribbon carrying the part 16 vof the snap `fastener must be folded in u on itself, when the parts 16 and 15 of said astener are brought into the cooperative relation shown in Fi re 2.

It will is retaining the shoulder-straps 11 and 12 of the undergarments as shown in Figure 2,

` the metal back of the part 16 of the snap fastener is covered by the ribbon 14 andcannot touch the skin of the shoulder of the wearer. An chaiing or marring of the shoulder is t us prevented.

From Figure 2 it .will be obrious that the prev be noted that whenthe rib on 14` Leaaaae 14. This easy separation of the parts of the snap fastener is due to the fact that the pull of the shoulder stra s 11 and 12 on the looped port-ion of the ril; latter to exert a force at substantially a right angle tothe cooperating faces of the parts of the snap fastener. known, i such fasteners are easily opened when the vforces tending to separate their parts are exerted in this directlon, whereas suchfasteners strongl resist opening when forces are exerted in 'rections substantially' parallel to the cooperating faces of the parts of the fastener, as has been the case with the arrangements heretofore used, asexplained in the first part of this specification.

What I claim is:

In combination with a garment having a shoulder portion, means attached to the 1nsideof said shoulder portion for retaining the shoulder straps of undergarments in proper relation to the shoulderof the wearer under said shoulder portion, comprising a ribbon carrying near its opposite ends the cooperatingparts of a snap fastener the-cooperating faces ofi which parts are on the opposite faces of said ribbon is extended inv fiat position, said ribbon being sewed near one end to the inside of the shoulder of said garment with Athe ortion of the fastener on thatend ex osed caving the'remainder of saidribbon free, whereby the free ortion of said ribbon may vbe passed un er the shoulder straps ofy undergarments and the free end of said ribbon must be folded in upon itself when the part of the fastener thereon is brought into cooperative relation with the art of the fastener on the othersend of said ribbon.

In testimony whereof, I have aixed m signature to this specication.

`= MARK H. STR Lr As is well when the ribbon bon 14 causes the l 

